re: If the Alabama job opens up…

You are all living in the past. Some of these toxic schools with boosters that want to run everything are going to find out that they aren't the top game in town anymore. As a coach, I would stay far away from LSU and Texas because the fans have unrealistic expectations and the boosters want to run the programs. Hell, LSU is trying to weasel out of the buyout money for their former coach. Why bother with that headache?

Penn State is finding out this lesson right now after running a playoff coach out of town. There are going to have to be assurances for whoever they hire. Texas wants to fire a coach that took them to two consecutive playoff appearances!


It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks.

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I do not think that move makes any sense either In a few years, if things heat up and a good west coast job or even Washington opens back up, I could see him lea

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He ran to the Alabama job for the challenge but he's going to run back to Washington. That makes zero sense.

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Bama has lots of car dealerships (not doing so hot right now) and PSU not only has a wealthy booster base but they are the model for oil revenue generated on state land (see Texas)

Also 19 Fortune 500 companies in Pennsylvania, bama coming in with 2.

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Well then, Penn State must be blowing them away with all those great recruits and transfers, right? Oh wait......

This article points to potential big donors but doesn’t actually come up with a figure. But it’s been stated in other forums that the owner of the Buffalo Bills has started a huge NIL donation to Penn State collectives. Terry Pegula.

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That's the job he covets the most.

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Why? Bc he mentions Saban a lot and occasionally references his time there as OC.

Same logic Florida fans use to say Florida is his dream job bc he appreciates what Spurrier brought to the table in the 90’s.

In both cases, that’s an EXTREME stretch.

His dream job was quite clearly USC. Not Bama, not Florida.

TBS, I think he would take Bama job just bc in this era it has been the biggest job. That is reason enough for him and plenty others.

Says bulldog junior. Good God dude, get real. Mississippi is always last in everything except racism

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He's still essentially playing with Saban's recruits, yes?

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When Saban retired Alabama lost 30 players to the portal, including two All Americans. Combined with graduation and early departures for the NFL Deboer had to replace about half of Alabama’s roster in year one. This past season Alabama lost 20 players to the portal. That is 50 players.

Way less than half the players on Alabama’s 85 man roster are “Saban guys”. Even if you just look at starters, the number is only around 50%. If you include important rotational players and guys who have started due to injury the number again falls well below 50%.

So no, he is not essentially playing with Saban recruits.

During the Florida State/Alabama game it seemed like half the Florida State players who the announcers called the name of after making a play were former Alabama players.

Alabama would be a better team if they still had Roydell Williams, Justice Haynes, Kendrick Law, Julian Sayin and Caleb Downs.

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That should be obvious to anyone that's been alive longer than 20-30 years, but some folks have the idea that Coach Saban made the program. Of course, he took it to new heights, but Bama has won a legit title in every decade going back to the 60's, more bowl wins than any other program, and has appeared in almost half of all the SEC Championship games. Saban is responsible for a huge amount of that, but the table was set for him to come in and be successful. Alabama is a true Blue Blood program and that still counts for a lot.

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So true! I get tired of these ignorant morons who auto assume Bama was some dumpy program that lucked into Saban.
I believe they honestly think living in Bama is so awful it can only be tolerated by paying a coach $$$$ which any program that comes along they pipe up with "Bama can't compete with this because they will pay $$$ which Bama can't compete with." Bama's football coach and basketball coach are among the highest paid in the NCAA. Once again, they equate the state of Alabama with the athletic program at UA. One is not that bad but not that great, the other is a huge money-making enterprise with tier one facilities.

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some dufus that believe in stereotypes. Alabama is a "poor state"

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This has nothing to do with stereotypes and I am quite fond of Alabama. Penn
State has more money through boosters and I can see their appetite to contribute only getting bigger. Until some framework is put on NIL, Bama won’t be able to keep up with the big boys in terms of $20+ million rosters year after year. Only a few will.

NIL has just started in the scheme of things. Most schools are still figuring their money and the system. Some fans think the sport will be dead in a couple decades. Some fans think the usual suspects will continue to dominate.

The reality is we are going to see A LOT of changes in the next 10 years. The playoffs will expand well into the 20’s and 30’s as fans show they are willing to follow their uniform and spend their money every December and January. Also, schools will learn how to raise and spend money better which bodes well for the schools in bigger population areas.

The model is moving away from “fan size” dominance to “money raised” dominance. Those are completely different and opens the door for teams who have smaller fanbases yet have money. Sure, a Bama is able to raise money today because people love to be a part of success. But if over the next 10 years they become a 9-3 or 8-4 type program the money will slow up. And a school like Penn State with 2 major cities and a hub of economic power could feast in fundraising. Now sure, the players are all down south but we’ve already seen the players have no loyalty except to the dollar. Imagine in another 5 years what the players will be demanding. It’s gonna be fun.